Alphas and Betas

are allowed to develop naturally. Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons,

however, are put through the Bokanovsky Process, which causes
Alphas and Betas
are allowed to develop naturally. Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons,
however, are put through the Bokanovsky Process, which causes
 Alphas and Betas are allowed to develop naturally. Gammas, Deltas,
and Epsilons, however, are put through the Bokanovsky Process, which
causes an egg to divide into as many as 96 identical twins.The Director
tells the students that this process is “one of the major instruments of
social stability

 The mass production of human beings, creating over 10,000 "twins"

from the same ovary, destroys the possibility of any sense of
individuality viewed as a positive development as it brings stability

 In "wombs" such as this, Gamma, Deltas, and Epsilons are given

alcohol treatment and limited oxygen to stunt physical and mental
development.

 Fetuses of all castes are conditioned to prefer certain climates or

environments so that they will like their pre-determined jobs, and 70
percent of female fetuses are sterilized. These sterilized females are
referred to as “freemartins.”

 Future World State citizens have not only been predetermined to fulfill
certain roles, they have also been preconditioned to enjoy those roles
regardless of how fundamentally unnatural they are. Females’
reproductive capacity is also strictly controlled by the State long before
they are born, further highlighting the dehumanization of the World
State’s population.

 they have achieved what the Director calls “the secret of happiness and
virtue,” ensuring that people enjoy their preconditioned destiny.
 whatever the World State cannot
 accomplish biologically, it accomplishes psychologically—in this
 case, through a shocking example of Pavlovian conditioning, in
 which negative stimuli are paired with something desirable,
 causing the babies to reject the desirable thing

 The Director explains that Deltas are conditioned to hate nature

 and books, but to love complicated outdoor sports, so that they will
 consume (purchase) transportation and sporting goods.

 World State citizens are conditioned to desire things that advance the
interests of the State—not their own. The individual is not important.
Happiness is less important that ensuring that people continue to
consume goods, thus preserving industrialism and
 strengthening the State.

 Mustapha Mond, one of the State’s 10 World Controllers.

 The World State arose from a conscious choice to give up all the
 best things about humanity in order to be rid of the worst things.
 The result is a dystopian world in which “natural” things like
 childbirth, families, and the emotions of romance are regarded as
obscene and unnatural
 It’s clear that the WorldState’s most important value Is stability—even at
the cost of avoiding deep feelings and thus dehumanizing its population.

 Promiscuity is natural and moral

 numbness over genuine emotions

 a drug that the World State’s population depends upon to numb

themselves into a state of
  simulated happiness.

 Bernard is smaller than most Alphas and has always felt self-conscious
and inferior as a result—something that reinforces his sense of being an
outsider

 Bernard's individuality was forced upon him by his small size, while
Helmholtz came to his through his own initiative and desire. In a sense,
Bernard is an individual because of his loneliness and sadness, while
Helmholtz is an individual because he senses his own self-worth

He is miserable and feels that he is

to blame for his inability to conform.

Repeated the hypnopaedic saying, "Everyone is happy nowadays,"

She falls back on her

conditioning and hypnopaedic sayings to protect herself from even
considering what Bernard is saying

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